Revolt Against Modernity

by McAllister, Ted V.

• ISBN13: 9780700608737
• ISBN10: 0700608737
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-09-01
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas

Summary

Eric Voegelin and Leo Strauss are two of the most provocative and durable political philosophers of this century. Ted McAllister's superbly written study provides the first comprehensive comparison of their thought and its profound influence on contemporary American conservatism.

Table of Contents

Preface
Abbreviations
Prologue	p. 1
Labels, Definitions, and Other Forms of Coercion	p. 5
Labels	p. 8
The Meanings of Modernity	p. 13
Eric Voegelin	p. 17
Leo Strauss	p. 24
Liberal America and Its Discontents	p. 34
The Problem of Totalitarianism	p. 36
America and the Liberal Tradition	p. 43
Liberalism and the Modern World	p. 56
From Philosophy to Positivism	p. 67
The Nature of Modernity	p. 85
Machiavelli the Chiron	p. 85
Hegel and the Egophanic Revolt	p. 109
The Crisis of Modernity	p. 132
The End of Modernity	p. 132
The Problem with Liberalism: Leo Strauss	p. 153
The Problem with Liberalism: Eric Voegelin	p. 169
The Philosopher	p. 176
Plato in Search of Jerusalem	p. 176
Nature and Natural Right	p. 204
The Mystic	p. 222
The Discovery of Consciousness	p. 223
The Structure of Consciousness	p. 239
A Story Told by God	p. 248
Philosophy of Politics	p. 258
Strauss, Voegelin, and the Conservative Imagination	p. 260
The Charms of Strauss and Voegelin	p. 260
The Conservative Imagination	p. 262
Strauss, Voegelin, and the Conservatives	p. 270
The Conservative Predicament	p. 272
Notes	p. 281
Bibliography	p. 309
Index	p. 319
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